Aleksey Aronov | Denuo

Aleksey Aronov Legal Director, Co-Head of Customs and Foreign Trade Regulation aleksey.aronov@denuo.legal

aleksey.aronov@denuo.legal

+7 495 221 44 03

Moscow

Leontievsky pereulok, 25

Aleksey Aronov focuses on the legal support of foreign economic activity, customs law and a wide range of regulatory issues. He is experienced in advising on international projects in industrial, trade, telecommunications, transport, logistics, aerospace and high technology sectors.

Aleksey concentrates on issues of import substitution and localisation, special investment contracts and projects related to bringing advanced technologies to Russia.

Aleksey advises on matters related to the regulation of supply, distribution, support and maintenance of equipment and other goods (licensing, certification, registration, declaration of encryption functionality, IP protection, export control issues, economic sanctions, etc).

Aleksey also advises on a wide range of customs law matters, supports clients during customs inspections and appeals in court customs authorities’ decisions based on the results of such inspections, and represents clients in courts in various administrative disputes.

Alexey is recommended in the area of customs law by Pravo-300.

Education

International Law Institute, Law Degree, 2013

Russian Foreign Trade Academy, MBA, 2004

Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University, Engineer Degree, 1992

Languages

English
Russian

Webinar 9: Legal audit of the company’s FEA function — early identification and minimisation of risks

Webinar 8: Restructuring of supply and payment chains

Current issues in including design and engineering costs in the value of imported equipment

Regulation of parallel imports in 2024

Webinar 6: How to correctly classify goods under the EAEU Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity and defend your position?

Webinar 7: Russian countermeasures

Webinar 5: Confirmation of the reliability of the price of goods when transaction parties are interrelated

Webinar series “Current customs practice 2024”

Webinar 4: Intra-group royalties and other payments — how to prove the absence of their influence on the economic value of goods

Webinar 3: Dividends in the structure of the customs value — how to overcome negative practice and protect the company's rights

Appeals court partially supports the declarer in a dispute on the inclusion of dividends in customs value

Webinar 2: Customs disputes — court practice and the secret of success

Webinar 1: Customs inspections 2024 — what do customs authorities inspect and how can businesses minimise risks?

State Duma adopts draft law on indexation of the thresholds for large and especially large damage for certain economic offences

Disputes continue regarding the application of anti-suit injunctions and force majeure due to sanctions

Court rules in favour of importer on the inclusion of royalties in the customs value of imported goods

Prohibitions and restrictions on export of certain categories of goods from Russia extended

The Russian Supreme Court sets aside court decisions in favour of importers

2022-present
Legal Director, Co-Head of Customs, Denuo (Moscow)
2010-22
Legal Director, Co-Head of Customs, DLA Piper (Moscow)
2005-09
Senior Associate, DLA Piper (Moscow)
2004-05
Head of the Customs Clearance Division, DHL Danzas Air & Ocean (Moscow)
1999-2004
Associate, Ernst & Young (Moscow)
1995-99
Regional Customs Manager, The Coca-Cola Company (Moscow)